How to Play Hide-and-Seek

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If you need a rainy day activity for the kids, or just want to relive your childhood, hide-and-seek is a great game for everyone.

To complete this How-To you will need:

A place to play
Someone to be "it"
People to hide

Step 1: Designate hiding spots

Designate the playing area, being sure to mention if certain rooms are out of bounds. If playing outdoors, limit designated areas to your property, and don't let small children hide near water or other potentially dangerous spots.

Step 2: Select someone to be "it"

Select someone to be "it." The person who is "it" has to find the people who are hiding.

Tip: When playing hide-and-seek with children, an adult is often a good person to be "it."

Step 3: Everyone moves to home base

Have everyone congregate in one place. This is known as home base.

Step 4: Start counting

The person designated as "it" covers their eyes and begins counting to 10 or 20, or whatever has been determined to be a fair amount of time for everyone else to hide.

Step 5: Start hiding

While the person who's "it" counts, everyone else finds a place to hide. Once you've found somewhere to hide, stay there -- it's not fair to switch places!

Tip: When a young child is "it," don't hide too well, or the game can get frustrating for them.

Step 6: Start searching

Once the person who's "it" is done counting, they yell, "Ready or not, here I come!" and start looking for people hiding.

Step 7: Tag someone to get them out

After finding someone who has been hiding, the person who is "it" must tag the other person, to get them out. The first person to be tagged is "it" in the next game.

Step 8: Keep playing if you want

The game can be over when the first person is found. Or, you can keep playing until everyone is found. In this case the last person found is the winner.

Step 9: Everyone tries to get home

Another variation is to have people try to get back to home base. If they get home without being tagged, they're safe. If they get tagged, they're out.

Step 10: Finish the game and play again

Regardless of which version you're playing, once the game is over, declare a winner and the next person to be "it." And play again!

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[rockywspd]

Tip: DON'T HIDE IN THE FUCKING MICROWAVE!

[werwer607]

its hide n seek not tag there is no bases in hide n seek

[Crashbandicoot701]

Best place to hide in a bathroom:

Behind the door under the sink-counter. OR in the place were you put all the used cloths and towels.

Be part of your diversion, but it can be dangerous, do not make it look to obvious or you might get jumped on. Make them check it but not well.

[diana2012diana]

does howcast has videos for everything or what !? hhhhh

[XTurtles9788x]

@werwer607"another varation"

[answerOfstupids]

My Hardcore rules:

>Continually change to places the person 'it' has checked out.

>Run outside of the house if playing inside, and vice versa. :D

>If get caught try to bribe the person who is 'it' to let you go in exchange you will tell others' position. While you hide somewhere else.

>If finally you are the person 'it', just leave the place and go eat ice cream. I mean do you really want to be stuck finding 17 other people while hardly any one of them is guaranteed to be playing by rules.

[evathebeaver9]

In England, its not called ''pom pom''

[TheCrasella]

lol in the toilet

[waseem1173]

i want to be a child again :(

[funfreak3420]

The howcast thinks we had no childhood...

[xXSpikeMLPXx]

@rockywspd I know the poor kid who tryed to hide in there. He fit in then squished then dead D:

[smurfkidharley]

that did u know at the end is bollocks im english and i call it 123 it or just hide and seek tag